Wigstock: The Movie
(1995)

The subject of cross-dressing has already, ah, come out of the closet
in recent films ranging from MRS. DOUBTFIRE to PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE
DESERT. The novelty of men-as-women has passed, making a full-length
documentary on the subject-- in the context of New York's annual drag
festival-- seem like too little, too late.
Despite an endless array of towering wigs and colorful costumes,
WIGSTOCK is a shrill, unfocused film with no real momentum behind it.
There's virtually no story to hold the raw footage together. In terms
of sheer spectacle, it's amusing enough; but it's camp without a sense
of time, place, or purpose. Who are these characters? What is this
event?? The film never tells.
BOTTOM LINE: What a drag.
Grade: C-
Copyright 1995 Michael J. Legeros
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